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Top 10 Household Toxins: Pet Poison Prevention Is Easy

National Pet Poison Prevention Week: Top 10 Pet Poisons and How to Keep Your Pets Safe If you look under your sinks and in your cupboards, you’ll likely find multiple harmful products and poisons that could hurt or kill your pets. National Animal Poison Prevention Week is formally observed from March 17-23 and helps remind us pet parents to poison-proof our homes against common household dangers to our pets. Dogs, cats, and other little critters […]
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Cat tilting its head while sitting under a Christmas tree in Miami
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Tips for a Paw-fectly Safe Holiday Season

The holidays are a particularly hazardous time for pets. While most pet parents know to keep their dogs and cats away from the usual suspects like raisins, grapes, and dark chocolate, some may not be aware of the dangers of coffee grounds and coffee beans.
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Was Your Dog Poisoned by a Bufo Toad? Tips for Prevention

What is a Bufo Toad and why is it dangerous? Bufo toads are toxic, and even deadly, to our dogs and cats. Bufo toads come out to play when it’s warm and rainy, which is almost year-round in Miami.  Also known as Cane toads, we’ve caught these fat amphibians lurking under bushes during dog walks, or creeping toward dog bowls full of water and dog or cat food on our late night pet sits. Just […]
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Reasons your pets should live idoors
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Six Reasons Your Pets Should Live Indoors in Florida

Why your pets should live indoors Whether our pets should live indoors or outdoors is usually a very controversial topic. There is the argument that dogs and cats were born wild and therefore should remain outdoors in their natural world. However, the dogs and cats we bring into our lives now have lost most of what made them wild originally. Although their natural instincts are still present they are muffled by their need and desire […]
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Pet Spotlight: Overweight Dog Gets Exercise

  Overweight Dog? You’re not alone. Are you family to an overweight dog? Most of us show our dogs love with cuddles and treats. Unfortunately, loving our dogs too much with food and not enough with activity is part of the reason 54% of American dogs are obese. Our clients hire our dog walkers to help overweight dogs lose some of the extra fluff around their middle. Recently, our assistant manager Meghan was enlisted in […]
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Unexpected Pet Poisons: Lily Poisoning in Cats

Lily poisoning in cats. Many people are surprised to learn that lilies, some of the most beautiful and common household flowers used in celebrations of life and love, are very toxic for cats. It’s estimated that there are 10 to 11 million plants produced annually in the United States.  Eating any plant in the lily family is dangerous for cats, but ingesting Lilium and Hemerocallis genera lilies is can lead to death; simply eating a few […]
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Which Thanksgiving Day Foods Are Bad for Pets?

Toxic Thanksgiving Day Foods for Pets Thanksgiving is all about sharing love and friendship. Of course we want to indulge in one of our tastiest holidays with our dogs and cats, but you must be careful of the foods dogs and cats can’t eat. Use our quick guide for a list of what is, and is not, cat- and dog-friendly people food on Thanksgiving Day. Doggy (and Kitty) Don’ts: Onions, garlic, chives, and leeks are off-limits to […]
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